Today is the day Scott will be coming. He has not been here in awhile. He has been busy dating every weekend. I believe he intends to come after work. He will spend Friday and Saturday with us and then he is going to drive 5 hours to Memphis to find another woman he thinks may be ideal. I have told him I think that is foolish to try to date someone who lives 3 1/2 hours away from his home in Missouri but he doesn't want to hear it.
Tomorrow we will go back to Independence to take Leslie to lunch again so he can see her while he is here and then Saturday morning we will go out to show him the progress on the house.
Today, I hope to scrapbook and get her book caught up to date. This is the first day I've had free since I caught that cold last week.
I still think it will be another month before the builders get the house finished. They never stay with one project to it's finish. They skip around and do not finish anything before starting a new project. We were out there last weekend on Sunday, while she was painting the blue room, and they had the hardwood floors down in the upstairs and finally got the trim down and around the windows up there.
Now to complete the upstairs, they need to get the carpet laid up there in the two bedrooms and get a mirror in the upstairs bath and grout the tile up there.
Downstairs, they need to lay the foyer tile, and put down the hardwood floor in the breakfast room, great room and dining room. Then they need to get the carpet laid in the master bedroom and walk in closet.
They still have to finish the lower half of the painting outside and the bricklayer needs to finish laying the brick outside and around the fireplace in the great room. They are waiting for that to put down the floor in the great room.
The kitchen is finally finished if they got the sink installed this week. They also need to trim around the tile backsplash and hang the light fixtures.
John has had a run in with the old man builder who owns the business but no longer does the work. Leslie has more patience with him. He wants the last payment before the house is completely finished but the contract says that payment should not be paid before the house is completed. That is the only leverage the homeowner has.
3 comments:
Well Mom, Three hours is really nothing now adays, but whatever keeps his mind busy and as happy as possible, better than sitting around down and out.
Leslie ought to put some pictures of the home on a site somewhere
There are some of them on this blog, Keith.
I agree with not paying until the job is done. My sister had some yard work done recently and paid before the man finished the job and he never came back. I know they are ready for it to be completed. Enjoy your visit with your son.
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